THE GAME OF THE SCENE – March 29th, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm (REGISTER HERE)
This workshop will introduce the UCB approach to giving your scenes a clear comedic focus. Through exercises and scene work students will come away with a knowledge of how to recognize the first funny or unusual thing in a scene and then heighten and explore it. This workshop is appropriate for people with no experience with Game and those who are looking to deepen their understanding. (12 student limit)
PREMISE INITIATIONS AND 2ND BEATS – March 29th, 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm (REGISTER HERE)
This workshop will focus on two important aspects of performing a Harold: initiating with a clear idea from an opening and revisiting the Game of a scene in a 2nd beat. We’ll work on both of these ideas separately and also see how the two concepts are related. Students will come away with the ability to immediately set up their scenes for success and then return later in the Harold to heighten and explore what worked. This workshop will build off the Game of the Scene workshop but can be taken independently by students with experience with Game. (12 student limit)
Location for both workshops will be ColdTowne Theater
ABOUT BRANDON:
Brandon has been a performer and writer at the UCB Theater in New York since 2007 and has been an instructor there since 2009. He has been a member of the UCB house teams Bastian, Let’s Have a Ball, Reuben Williams, Improv Nerds and The Curfew and is a regular at UCB’s flagship show ASSSSCAT 3000. In addition to performing in NYC, Brandon is a member of the UCB TourCo All-Stars with whom he performs and teaches workshops around the world.
As a senior teacher Brandon has helped develop the UCB Training Center curriculum and has taught over one-hundred 8 week courses at every level. He has taught Advanced Level classes in Harolds, Scene Work, Improvised Plays and Improv to Sketch. Outside of UCB, Brandon is an active actor, writer and director.